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Ancient epic — the Iliad , the Odyssey , and the Aeneid — furnishes Milton with his authoritative model of form and structure as Scripture does of substance and interpretation . The classical epic conventions were , of course , fixed by ...
Ancient epic — the Iliad , the Odyssey , and the Aeneid — furnishes Milton with his authoritative model of form and structure as Scripture does of substance and interpretation . The classical epic conventions were , of course , fixed by ...
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Milton's conception of Providence rather than Fate as the ruling force in the affairs of men prevents him , however , from presenting his hero's struggle exactly in the terms of ancient drama . The principle of hybris is invoked again ...
Milton's conception of Providence rather than Fate as the ruling force in the affairs of men prevents him , however , from presenting his hero's struggle exactly in the terms of ancient drama . The principle of hybris is invoked again ...
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changeable , we have made in the way mentioned above , having in view the convenience of the reader , rather than an arrangement by which they might be sung according to the ancient measures . In other respects this poetic form should ...
changeable , we have made in the way mentioned above , having in view the convenience of the reader , rather than an arrangement by which they might be sung according to the ancient measures . In other respects this poetic form should ...
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